PHP GET & POST
Difference between PHP GET and POST method?
Get display the form values entered in the URL of the address bar where as Post does not do.
Get is used to submitted a small amount of data whereas Post is used to submitted large amount of data.
Get is used to store less sensitive data on the other hand Post are used to store more sensitive data as compare to php get method.
Get method are good for information required for either bookmarking a particular item, or for assisting in search engine optimization and indexing items. php post method is good for standard forms used to submit one time data.
Example of Get method shown below:
<?php
if( $_GET[“username”] || $_GET[“email”] ){echo “Welcome “. $_GET[‘username’]. “<br />”;
echo “You are “. $_GET[‘email’].”;
exit();
}
?>
<html> <body>
<form action=”<?php $_PHP_SELF ?>” method=”GET”>
UserName: <input type=”text” name=”username” />
Email: <input type=”text” name=”email” />
<input type=”submit” />
</form> </body> </html>
Example of Post method is shown below:
<?php
if( $_POST[“username”] || $_POST[“email”] ){echo “Welcome “. $_POST[user’name’]. “<br />”;
echo “You are “. $_POST[‘email’]. ;
exit();
}
?>
<html> <body>
<form action=”<?php $_PHP_SELF ?>” method=”POST”>
Name: <input type=”text” name=”username” />
Age: <input type=”text” name=”email” />
<input type=”submit” />
</form> </body> </html>